The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Waxing Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
5:06 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1127
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Feb 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 28.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 11m / 17.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.03° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.95° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.39° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.